Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry (micronatum biozone) (Jurassic of France)

Also known as C. corallestris type site

Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.7° N, 6.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: mucronatum ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• unnamed limestone bed, "Portlandian", mucronatum ammonite zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lime mudstone and fine, carbonaceous mudstone

• "deposited in an environment of very weak hydrodynamics...an atoll lagoon, at the heart of a reef zone"; "an obrutionary stagnation deposit"
• "very regularly layered lithographic limestone"; "homogenous…no coarse grains, joint or vesicles are present. They exhibit conchoidal fractures and sharp edges, and are smooth to the touch." Each bed has three layers: "a basal lamina…composed of a very pure, fine microbe…an intermediate normal-graded mudstone level…with grain size decreasing from fine-grained carbonate mudstone at the base to very fine-grained carbonate mudstone at the top…a new lamina…of fine micrite carbonate similar to the basal lamina."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Ghirardi family, MNHN crews in 1960s–1970s, 1983–1993, 2010–2011; reposited in the MNHN

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: A. Bidar, L. Demay, and G. Thomel. 1972. Compsognathus corallestris, nouvelle espèce de dinosaurien théropode du Portlandien de Canjuers (sud-est de la France). Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice 1(1):1-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35262: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.11.2003, edited by Richard Butler and Roger Benson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Eryonidae
Cycleryon bourseaui5 Audo et al. 2013 decapod
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
 Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Ismenia pectunculoides5 Schlotheim 1820
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Juralina insignis" = Loboidothyris insignis5
"Juralina insignis" = Loboidothyris insignis5 Schübler 1820
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus5 Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula5
"Nanogyra striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula5 Deshayes 1831 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum5 Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria5 Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum5 Young and Bird 1828 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
"Hibolites sp." = Belemnites (Hibolites)5
"Hibolites sp." = Belemnites (Hibolites)5 Mayer-Eymar 1883 belemnite
Osteichthyes
 Ionoscopiformes - Furidae
"Eugnathus sp." = Furo5
"Eugnathus sp." = Furo5 Gistl 1848 ray-finned fish
 Ionoscopiformes - Ophiopsidae
Ophiopsidae indet.5 Bartram 1975 ray-finned fish
 Halecomorphi - Ophiopsiidae
Ophiopsis sp.5 Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish
 Tetrapoda -
Tetrapoda indet. tetrapod
gastric contents
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Compsognathidae
"Compsognathus corallestris n. sp." = Compsognathus longipes
"Compsognathus corallestris n. sp." = Compsognathus longipes Wagner 1861 elegant jaw
 Pterosauria -
Gallodactylus canjuersensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Fabre 1976 pterosaur
MNHN CNJ-71, partial skeleton
 Loricata - Teleosauridae
Steneosaurus priscus5 Bronzati et al. 2012 marine crocodile
 Eosuchia - Pleurosauridae
Pleurosaurus ginsburgi n. sp.2 Fabre 1974 lepidosaur
Holotype (part and counterp.): "Pleurosaurus cf. goldfussi L. Ginsburg and G. Mennessier 1970" (MNHN specimen)
Pleurosaurus goldfussi5 von Meyer 1831 lepidosaur
 Eosuchia - Homoeosauridae
Homoeosaurus maximiliani5 von Meyer 1847 lepidosaur
 Eosuchia - Sphenodontidae
Leptosaurus pulchellus4 Zittel 1887 lepidosaur
MNHN CNJ 72, nearly complete skeleton; Private collection specimen, anterior skeleton
Piocormus laticeps n. gen. n. sp.5 Wagner 1852 lepidosaur
Holotype: Fig 42, pl. V; lost, but there is a cast at MNHN (nearly complete skeleton). Additional material from the MNHN.
 Testudinata -
Eurysternum sp.1 Meyer 1839 turtle
CNJ 77, carapace and skull
Solnhofia sp.1 Gaffney 1975 turtle
CNJ 82, disarticulated carapace and skull
 Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
Plesiochelyidae indet.1 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle
CNJ 76, juvenile skeleton, "Aff. SOLNHOFIA sp." in Fabre et al. 1982.
Coelacanthimorpha
  - Laugiidae
Coccoderma sp.5 Zittel 1887 lobe-finned fish
 Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae
Undina sp.5 Munster 1834 coelacanth
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp.5 Agassiz 1832 gar
 Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturidae indet.5 Owen 1860 bowfin
Caturus sp.5 Agassiz 1834 bowfin
 Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Pachycormidae indet.5 Woodward 1895
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus sp.5 Agassiz 1834
 Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus sp.5 Agassiz 1832
 Teleostei -
Elopomorpha indet.5 Greenwood et al. 1966
Naiathaelon okkidion5 Poyato-Ariza and Wenz 1993
 Elopiformes - Elopidae
Elopidae indet.5 Bonaparte 1846
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
"Leptolepidae indet." = Leptolepididae5, "Leptolepis sp." = Leptolepis5, "Tharsis sp." = Leptolepis5
"Leptolepidae indet." = Leptolepididae5 Owen 1859
"Leptolepis sp." = Leptolepis5 Agassiz 1832
"Tharsis sp." = Leptolepis5 Agassiz 1832
 Neopterygii -
 Pycnodontiformes - Gyrodontidae
Gyrodus sp.5 Agassiz 1833
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Proscinetes sp.5 Gistel 1848
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes -
Palaeocarcharias sp.5 Beaumont 1960 mackerel shark
Crinoidea
 Roveacrinida - Saccocomidae
Saccocoma tenella5 Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily
 Comatulida - Pterocomidae
Comaturella pinnata5 Feather star
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
 Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Rhabdocidaris nobilis5 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Diplocidaridae
Diplocidaris gigantea5 Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin
 Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Ophiuroidea
  -
Ophiurella aff. speciosa5 Goldfuss 1833 brittle star
 Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae
Amphiuridae indet.5 Ljungman 1867 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Geocoma canjuersensis5 Roman et al. 1993 brittle star
Geocoma aff. carinata5 Goldfuss 1833 brittle star
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Pentasteria sp.5 Valette 1929 sea star
 Ichnofossils -